Suspect steals car after wrecking in pursuit

Wednesday

SOMERSET TOWNSHIP — Authorities are searching for two subjects in connection with a police pursuit that ended in a crash Wednesday afternoon.

Deputies with the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office notified authorities in Hillsdale County they were pursuing a black passenger car southbound on South Jackson Road just after 3 p.m. Wednesday.

Just after crossing into Hillsdale County, the vehicle being pursued crashed just north of Meckley’s Flavor Fruit Farm on South Jackson Road in Somerset and two individuals fled from the vehicle on foot into a wooded area.

As authorities were establishing a perimeter and working to notify the owners of Meckley’s, at least one of the subjects stole a pickup truck at Meckley’s belonging to one of the workers and fled the area.

The truck was described as a 1994 Chevrolet K-1500, two-tone (blue and gold), extended cab with only two doors.

A Michigan State Police canine team continued the search for the second subject, who authorities believed was running through the orchards at Meckley’s or in nearby woods.

Deputies with the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office were observed near the edge of one of the orchards recovering property believed to have been dropped by one of the subjects.

Sgt. Dan Bowman of the MSP Jackson Post said authorities believed they knew who the individual was and that the black passenger car was stolen from Jonesville Schools last week. It belonged to an employee working in the early evening hours.

Bowman added that another trooper is investigating a larceny from the Family Dollar in Pittsford earlier Wednesday afternoon and believe the same subjects were involved.

Anyone with information as to the whereabouts of the stolen pickup truck or the subjects who fled police are asked to call 911.

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